Yes, I should have said that the Amaryllis and Lycoris are equally
beautiful.
I saw my first Belladonnas a mere two years ago in California - along the
road near a fruit stand. They were as beautiful as the pictures indicated,
despite the location. Still, I like the diaphanous quality of L.
squamigera, especially when it's seen in a lightly wooded setting. I can't
say anything about the scent, since I never got close enough to smell
anything. (Years in a chemistry lab will do that to your sense of smell.)
I had a hard time convincing my traveling companions (from Pennsylvania)
that the CA Belladonnas were not "Magic Lilies."
Eugene Zielinski
Augusta, GA
> [Original Message]
> From: Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@starpower.net>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 8/13/04 11:12:26 AM
> Subject: [pbs] Amaryllis vs Lycoris
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> At 10:45 PM 8/13/2004 -0400, Eugene Zielinski
> wrote:
> >I have to disagree with Jim's assessment of Lycoris squamigera vs
Amaryllis
> >belladonna. I think they are both beautiful in their own way.
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> I didn't say Lycoris squamigera wasn't beautiful. But what I did imply is
> that Amaryllis belladonna is a lot more beautiful. Look carefully at those
> Lycoris flowers: they lack symmetry, they lack substance, the color is
> indefinite, and they stink - or to be more precise, they smell like vinyl.
> Now compare the Amaryllis on each of those points and try - ha! - to
> convince me that they are of comparable beauty. The Lycoris is a low class
> floozy compared to the Amaryllis.
>
> Jim McKenney
> jimmckenney@starpower.net
> Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where this establishment is
> unfortunately spurned by the higher class patrons and is forced to make do
> with the floozies.
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